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"Woodruff's work with Peter Meineck makes this text one that is accessible to today's students and could be staged for modern audiences. Line notes printed at the bottom of the page bring a reader further quick assistance. . . . "The choral odes as...
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"Woodruff's work with Peter Meineck makes this text one that is accessible to today's students and could be staged for modern audiences. Line notes printed at the bottom of the page bring a reader further quick assistance. . . . "The choral odes as rendered here deserve special notice. After giving a succinct analysis of each in his introduction, Woodruff translates the lyrics into English that is both poetic and comprehensible. . . . Woodruff's rendering of the dialogue moves along easily; these are lines that any contemporary Antigone, Creon or Haemon might speak. Antigone's words on th
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction to Antigone; Suggestions for Further Reading; Note on the Translation; Theban Royal Family Tree; Cast of Characters; Antigone; Endnotes; Appendix: Hegel on Antigone; Selected Bibliography;
